Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch

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Below I’m going to show you how to crochet the Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch. It’s a great variation to the regular half double crochet. 

The stitch offers some unique texture, and showcase a lovely Herringbone patterning as the rows slants sideways. 

The Herringbone hdc is great for crochet garments, such as this Crochet Cardigan with Pockets, but can also be used for crochet projects such as baby blankets, scarves, afghans, dishcloth and so much more. 

Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch

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Materials Used

To crochet the bobble stitch you can use any crochet hook size and weight yarn. If you’re following a crochet pattern, use the crochet hook and yarn suggested to get the correct gauge.

For this tutorial I used:

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Tutorial for the herringbone half double crochet stitch - this is a Pinterest graphic with text.

Crochet Abbreviations

The Herringbone Half Double is often abbreviated HBhdc in crochet patterns.

Learn more about crochet abbreviations & find a complete list on our Crochet Abbreviations & Terms post.

Notes

To Make A 15 cm x  15 cm / 6 x 6 Inch Square

 To make this swatch, with the hook & yarn give, I needed to crochet: 

  • Ch 22 st, for a total of 21 stitches per row.
  • 20 rows. 
A square showing the herringbone half double crochet stitch.

Crochet a blanket!

Use this crochet stitch pattern to crochet a blanket! Learn more about crochet blanket sizes & making one with any size crochet hook & yarn:

  1. Crochet Blanket Sizes
  2. Any Yarn & Hook Blanket Calculator
  3. Other Crochet Stitches for Blankets

Written instructions

Yarn over, insert hook in next st, yarn over, pull up a loop and pull through first loop on hook, yarn over, pull through remaining two loops on hook. 

Start rows with chain 2, counting as 1 stitch.

End rows with a regular half double crochet and turn.

Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch

Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch

Janne Kleivset Janne Kleivset
Learn how to crochet the Herringbone Half Double Crochet stitch. The stitch offers some unique texture, and showcase a lovely Herringbone patterning as the rows slants sideways. 
Cost $5
Total Time 20 minutes
Gauge Depends on the crochet hook and yarn you use
Sizes Depends on how many crochet stitches you crochet.

Skill Level

Easy

Materials

Instructions

  • Chain any number of stitches.
    Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch
  • Yarn over and pull up a loop from 4th chain from hook. Skipped stitches counts as 1 base chain + chain 2 counting as the first stitch on this row.
    Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch
  • Pull through the first loop on the hook without yarning over.
    Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch
  • Yarn over and pull through both loops on hook. You’ve now finished 1 Herringbone Half Double Crochet.
    Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch
  • With the first herringbone half double crochet finished, repeat steps 2-4 to make 1 new stitch for each repeat. This is how it looks after you’ve worked 4 Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitches.
    Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch
  • This is how it looks after you’ve worked 1 row of Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitches. Notice how the stitches lean to the left. When starting a new row, chain 2, counting as the first stitch of the row.
    Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch

Video Tutorial

Crochet Patterns Using The Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch

Free crochet patterns:

I hope you liked this tutorial teaching you how to crochet the Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch. I hope you’ll enjoy crocheting some herringbone patterns after learning this stitch. 

If you like this stitch, you may also like the Herringbone Double Crochet Stitch

Janne Kleivset

Janne Kleivset

Founder, Crochet Pattern Designer & Owner of Joy of Motion Crochet.

Janne has helped millions of crocheters find their next crochet project with more than 250 free crochet patterns and 110 crochet tutorials on her blog.

With more than two decades of crochet experience, and crochet designing since 2011, she's been featured on multiple prominent sites such as Lion Brand Yarn, in crochet magazines and the OML "Make" book.

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